Rotary cloth press



Oct. 6, 1931. A. H. SCHUMACHER 1,825,757

ROTARY CLOTH PRESS Filed Oct. 7, 1929- f7 .2 g 9 4 E 30 7 2 1 Z 2 10 I1 3 1o .9 v 23 32 19 117 26 v hem 14M -$c6umo5er per -' lllorney speed of travel of the cloth through the press laterally extending arm' 17 Fig; 2, forming 70 Therl'eseofwhich onlysomeimts Shea to'be 'axi ilyishraedwah rename s cylinder 4is driven through a suitable gearvi e. 32;

Patented @ct. 6, 1931 ALBERT HQ SCHUMAGHEB, r IFASSAIC, NEW JERSEY ROTARY CLOTE IPR-ESS ipplication filed'Qctober 7, 19 2 9. Serial lid 397,958.

presses and has, more particularly, reference ried by the cylinder is shown. to a new and improved device for winding Attached 'to the fra'me"3"are brackets 9 the cloth emerging from such press. form ng bearings '10 for the reception of'a According to the invention, there is arwinding roll 11. fThis rollpiefer'ablyfis a ranged at the delivery end of the press a hollow perforated steamingroll,fas shown winding roll which is rotataloly and 'remov- 111 Fig. 2. The'bearingslO areof such acouably mounted 'in -bearings carried by the structionas to allow a ready insertion and press frame and which is driven through a removal of the roll" 1ll In;the"e'inbo iliiiife1'1;t haft, which-is adapted to be positively couillustrated, thebeari ngs are open artth'e top so pled and uncoupled" with a roll and whlch andprovided with lids 12hinge'dat 13 and has rotation imparted to it through a sprockhavlnghandles 14, by which'thelids may st or the like gear from the press cylinder, a be easily swung to open position for allowfriction clutch being interposed between the 11g' the r011 llto'be placed with'its'journals k i; d i a d th haft allowing a vari- 15 111130 or lifted out of the bearings? 'The able relative slipping motion to take place brackets 79 also support another 'guide roller between the drive and the shaft for the pur- 16 over which the cloth runs in its-passage pose of preventing the winding roll from exfrom the press A to the winding device B." erting an injurious stress on or changing the One of thevbrackets 9 has fastened 'to 'it* a This invention relates to rotary cloth ing of which only the main spur wheel car- When the effective diameter of the winding bee-rings 18 for a sh'ziftdQ'which is arranged roll increases by the cloth winding thereon. 1n a'Xlal al gn-ment' with the roll 11." The This friction clutch permits the winding roll sl1aft'.19is'both rotatable'and shiftable inthe to retain its predetermined peripheral speed bearlngs lo. At the end ne'ar'the 'roll 11, the

irrespective of its varying diameter, so that shaft 19 has a socket 2Q of square section 7 the cloth while being always kept sufficiently adapted *toi'bee n'ga ged w th an extension '21 taut is not liable to be damaged by undue tenf h Same 'SQCtIOIIOfUIQ j ntj n '15 i of the roll 11. The axial shifting ofth'efjshaft The winding roll preferably consists of a 19f effected by me'an' s of al ran'd lever 22 39 perforated hollow steaming roll, so that the Whichs plvot'ed'at 23pm the'arin 17. This so cloth wound thereon is ready for being imlever has a'p n 24 by 1Wh1ch'it engages a collar rlnediately steamed without requiring any 25 faste1'ied" on the free endof the shaft "19. further intermediate manipulation. By IIlgHIg the lever 22' to the right, the An embodiment of the subject-matter of shaft l9jiscoupled' with and b-y'swingingit to the invention is illustrated, by way of exe left-ltlis uncoupled fro n"'the r'oll' 1 1. ample, in the accompanying drawings in 9 3 PQP l n P 9 fl Q which Fig. 1 is a transverse section of the 1 l fl l e fi e s p cloth press with a winder according to the wgl a pw et 2 invention and Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the w m lf f 0 i t Sh f of l li de same, some parts being in section and some 5 Zi? whefil 9 P 9diW l as: )Jl'. "ei1'o e to f i P i h 5 f thewheel 26,and disks 30 splined on the shaft the cloth pless pmpe and 1S t 16 Wm mg 19'so'as'to rotate with the Sameb'ut'aHOW-the are shown, is of a conventional typ them. The sets of friction disks29andBO P 22 the frame the rotary cylmder are pressed into contact by aspring31i fThe the press member or bed plate 5, guide rollers pressure exerted by this spring is adapted to 6, 6 for the cloth and the folder 7. The b g l tdiby m a gfft t idfiin (1 i o I v In operation, when the roll 11 has been placed in the bearings 10 and coupled with the shaft 19 through the journal extension 21 and the socket 20, the press is started and the cloth emerging from the press passed over the guide rollers 6' and 16 to the winding roll 11 to be wound thereon. The cylinder 1 through the sprocket wheel 28 and chain 27 imparts rotation at a desired constant speed to the sprocket wheel 26. This wheel transmits its rotation through the friction clutch 29, 30 to the shaft 19 and consequently to the roll 11. When the cloth is winding on the roll 11 it gradually increases the effective diameter of the same. Now, the friction clutch 29, 30 prevents this increasing diameter of the roll 11 from causing undue stress on the cloth or influencing the speed of travel of the cloth through the press. The degree of frictional contact between the disks 29, 30 is adjusted so as to cause sufiicient power to be transmitted to the roll 11 to ensure winding the cloth thereon in a smooth and taut condition, but at the same time allow a variable relative slipping between the wheel 26 and the shaft 19 in accordance with the increasing effective diameter of the winding roll 11, whereby injurious tensioning of the cloth and other damages are avoided. WVhen the web of cloth in treatment has been fully Wound on the roll 11 it is removed from the press, and another one may be placed in the press in its stead. When the roll 11 is a steaming roll as shown, it may be carried immediately to the steaming apparatus for undergoing the respective treatment.

If it is desired not to wind but to fold the cloth delivered from the press it is led to the folding device 7 instead of to the winding device B.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. The combination with a rotary cloth press, of a cloth winding device com rising a Winding roll consisting of a per orated steaming roll, bearings for rotatably and removably supporting this roll, a shaft for driving the roll, means for coupling this shaft with the roll, a driving wheel loosely mounted on the said shaft, friction disks carried by this wheel, friction disks carried by the said shaft, and adjustable means for pressin the disks of the shaft with a predetermined pressure into frictional engagement with the disks of the driving wheel.

2. The combination with a rotary cloth press, of a cloth winding device comprising a windin roll in the form of a steaming roll, bearings for rotatably and removably supporting this roll by its journals, an extension of polygonal section on one of the roll journals, a shaft arranged in axial alignment with the roll, means for axially shifting the shaft, a socket of polygonal section on one end of the shaft adapted to releasably receive the said polygonal extension of the roll journal for coupling the roll with the shaft, means for driving the shaft and a friction clutch intel-posed and allowing relative slipping motion between the driving means and the shaft, as and for the purpose described.

3. In a rotary cloth press in combination, a cylinder, a pressing member, means for guiding the cloth through the press, a winding roll for the cloth emerging from the press, bearings for rotatably and removably supporting this roll, a driving shaft for this roll arranged in axial alignment with the roll, means for coupling and uncoupling the shaft with the roll, a sprocket wheel loosely mounted on the shaft, a sprocket wheel fastened on the cylinder, a sprocket chain connecting the two sprocket wheels, and a friction clutch between the loose sprocket wheel and the shaft adapted to yieldably couple this wheel with the shaft and allow relative slipping motion between the two, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

ALBERT H. SCHUMACHER. 

